News tagged with oil droplets
Can sound science guide dispersant use during subsea oil spills?
Two years ago this week, oil began streaming from the seafloor into the Gulf of Mexico following the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon platform. All told, the disaster cost 11 lives, released 4.9 million ...
Apr 17, 2012 |
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Research teams develop rolling microcapsules to repair micro-sized defects in surfaces
(PhysOrg.com) -- Imagine if instead of relying on special x-ray or electrical current testing technology to find really tiny cracks in the skin that covers an airplane, microcapsules filled with easily detected ...
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Jan 10, 2012 |
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Enzymes turn vegetable oils into fuel through a flexible two-step process
Biodiesel is a promising future fuel, particularly because it can be made from a wide variety of renewable sources such as crude vegetable oils and waste fats produced by commercial kitchens. Conventional ...
May 30, 2011 |
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Idling airplanes produce more harmful pollution than previously thought
(PhysOrg.com) -- A group of researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, have shown that the emissions produced by aircraft idling at the gate, or lining up for takeoff, contain tiny oil droplets, ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 12, 2011 |
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First study of dispersants in Gulf spill suggests a prolonged deepwater fate
(PhysOrg.com) -- To combat last year's Deepwater Horizon oil spill, nearly 800,000 gallons of chemical dispersant were injected directly into the oil and gas flow coming out of the wellhead nearly one mile ...
Jan 26, 2011 |
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Oil-based color pixels could let you watch videos on e-paper
(PhysOrg.com) -- By rapidly manipulating colored oil droplets stacked on top of each other, a new electrowetting (EW) technique could lead to the development of electronic paper displays that can produce high-resolution ...
Jul 26, 2010 |
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Experts fear long oil effect on marine life, food chain
Scientists studying the massive BP oil spill fear a decades-long, "cascading" effect on marine life that could lead to a shift in the overall biological network in the Gulf of Mexico.
Jul 18, 2010 |
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Oil droplets can navigate complex maze (w/ Video)
Call them oil droplets with a brain or even "chemo-rats." Scientists in Illinois have developed a way to make simple oil droplets "smart" enough to navigate through a complex maze almost like a trained lab ...
Feb 18, 2010 |
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Nanoparticle protects oil in foods from oxidation, spoilage
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using a nanoparticle from corn, a Purdue University scientist has found a way to lengthen the shelf life of many food products and sustain their health benefits.
Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials
Dec 08, 2009 |
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Toward giving artificial cells the ability for sustained movement (w/Video)
Scientists in Japan are reporting an advance toward giving artificial cells another hallmark of life -- the ability to tap an energy source and use it to undergo sustained movement. Their study, published ...
Chemistry / Analytical Chemistry
Apr 29, 2009 |
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